Details
Reactor Type |
Gas-Cooled Reactor (or GCR) |
Model |
UNGG |
Owner |
EDF |
Operator |
EDF |
Timeline
Construction Start |
Saturday, 1 August 1959 |
First Criticality |
Monday, 17 August 1964 |
First Grid Connection |
Wednesday, 24 February 1965 |
Commercial Operation |
Wednesday, 24 February 1965 |
Permanent Shutdown |
Friday, 14 June 1985 |
Specifications
Capacity Net |
180 MWe |
Capacity Gross |
230 MWe |
Thermal Capacity |
800 MWt |
Design Net Capacity |
170 MWe |
Operational History
Electricity Supplied (GWh)
Energy Availability Factor (%)
Total Electricity Supplied (GWh)
Reactor History
Year |
Reference Unit Power (MWe) |
Annual Time Online (Hours) |
Electricity Supplied (GWh) |
Operation Factor (%) |
Energy Availability Annual (%) |
Energy Availability Cumulative (%) |
Load Factor Annual (%) |
Load Factor Cumulative (%) |
1965 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
1966 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
1967 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
1968 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
1969 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
1970 |
230 |
7863 |
1704.00 |
89.80 |
84.20 |
- |
84.60 |
- |
1971 |
230 |
5002 |
1162.50 |
57.10 |
56.40 |
- |
57.70 |
- |
1972 |
230 |
6844 |
1596.00 |
77.90 |
76.90 |
- |
79.00 |
- |
1973 |
210 |
7089 |
1451.50 |
80.90 |
78.90 |
- |
78.90 |
- |
1974 |
210 |
7047 |
1431.20 |
80.40 |
77.80 |
74.70 |
77.80 |
75.50 |
1975 |
210 |
6396 |
1271.90 |
73.00 |
69.10 |
73.80 |
69.10 |
74.50 |
1976 |
210 |
5339 |
925.40 |
60.80 |
50.30 |
70.60 |
50.20 |
71.10 |
1977 |
210 |
4680 |
819.10 |
53.40 |
45.40 |
67.60 |
44.50 |
67.90 |
1978 |
210 |
5849 |
1055.30 |
66.80 |
57.50 |
66.50 |
57.40 |
66.80 |
1979 |
210 |
3666 |
657.00 |
41.80 |
41.00 |
64.00 |
35.70 |
63.80 |
1980 |
180 |
7074 |
1261.00 |
80.50 |
79.20 |
65.20 |
79.80 |
65.00 |
1981 |
180 |
7131 |
1269.90 |
81.40 |
80.60 |
66.30 |
80.50 |
66.10 |
1982 |
180 |
7995 |
1416.60 |
91.30 |
90.20 |
67.90 |
89.80 |
67.70 |
1983 |
180 |
7415 |
1340.00 |
84.60 |
83.60 |
68.80 |
85.00 |
68.80 |
1984 |
180 |
8371 |
1510.00 |
95.30 |
94.40 |
70.40 |
95.50 |
70.40 |
1985 |
180 |
3919 |
710.00 |
100.00 |
99.60 |
71.00 |
100.90 |
71.10 |